Early Learning Outcome Measures

In 2017 the Bulungula Incubator participated in a launch of the ELOM (Early Learning Outcomes Measures (ELOM) produced by Innovation Edge. The purpose of the tool is to assess the effectiveness of an Early Childhood Development (ECD) programme and curriculum for children aged 50-59 months and 60-69 months. The monitoring tool assesses all developmental aspects and milestones of a programme: gross motor, fine motor, emergent numeracy and mathematics, cognition and executive functioning, and emergent literacy and language. The tools allows LL aspects of an ECD programme to be assessed towards ensuring that it is optimised for children to transition into Grade R. In February this year, one of the Bulungula Incubator ECD practitioners who were trained in the tool, were contracted to assist with the assessments of 15 preschools in the Queenstown area. The measure provides the first complete and standardised ECD programme assessment for the sector.

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The Start of the Bulungula Incubator

Our work in the area began with the establishment of the Bulungula Lodge in 2004 (www.bulungula.com) on the Wild Coast of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. The Lodge is community owned, Fair Trade accredited, and uses renewable energy, composting toilets and harvests sustainable rain and ground water sources. In 2007, an appeal to previous guests of the Lodge seed funded our NGO, the Bulungula Incubator, which we established in 2007 to address the challenges of rural poverty in our community while promoting and preserving the positive effects of the traditional African lifestyle and culture.